First day sales of Bambi: Platinum Edition!

MadonnasManOne · Post by **MadonnasManOne** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:48 pm

According to www.thedigitalbits.com :

In the meantime, we've got some interesting DVD news for you today. First up, Disney has informed us that it's Bambi: Special Edition has sold nearly a million copies in its first day of release on VHS and DVD. We don't have exact numbers for each format, but still an impressive achievement.

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Pretty impressive, indeed!

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toonstuff · Post by **toonstuff** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:11 pm

Proving once again that there is no market for 2D animation!

singerguy04 · Post by **singerguy04** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:15 pm

^^^ wouldn't that prove that there is a market for 2d animation?

Anywho, WOOT BAMBI!!!! i love this movie, i'm glad it's doing well!

... on a side note YAY FOR MY 100th POST!!!!!

RJKD23 · Post by **RJKD23** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:18 pm

toonstuff wrote: Proving once again that there is no market for 2D animation!

you mean there is market...? (or were you being sarcastic?!

)
maybe Disney better start releasing the classics again on DVD to get money!

just kidding. they better not release again!

Knuckles the Echidna · Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:21 pm

No wonder it was sold out at Target today. @__@ Well, at least I got Spongebob today.

toonstuff · Post by **toonstuff** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:25 pm

RJKD23 wrote:...you mean there is market...? (or were you being sarcastic?! )

Oh, I was definitely being sarcastic! I couldn't find the emoticon for "dripping with sarcasm".

To be clear: There is a HUGE market for 2D!

(And I hope they don't release everything on DVD again! I don't think I could afford it!)

RJKD23 · Post by **RJKD23** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:32 pm

toonstuff wrote:
RJKD23 wrote:...you mean there is market...? (or were you being sarcastic?! )
Oh, I was definitely being sarcastic! I couldn't find the emoticon for "dripping with sarcasm".

Maybe one day Luke will make an icon for "sarcasm" since there are lots of sarcastic comments.

Evil Genie Jafar · Post by **Evil Genie Jafar** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:43 pm

No wonder.

I was actually quite surprised to have seen the movie been picked up right away people saw it at display.

Altough I'm 99% sure that's because people love the movie, I wonder if the rest of the persons are buying it just because of the name.

toonstuff · Post by **toonstuff** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:46 pm

It's hard to argue with the power of name recognition on Disney films. I think that's why so many of the DTV sequels do as well as they do.

Plus, Bambi rock.

Joe Carioca · Post by **Joe Carioca** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:04 pm

Wow, great news indeed. It sold the same number of copies "Snow White" did in the day of its release in 2001.
Since Disney is giving us the numbers, I wonder if it sold better than "Aladdin", considering Disney said nothing about that DVD's sales numbers.

Jayden · Post by **Jayden** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:04 pm

Keep up the good work guys! Maybe we can convince Disney yet that the 2d market is not dead and that we want QUALITY animated theatrical releases again. Strong DVD sales brought Family Guy back to television, lets bring Disney 2D back to the big screen!

Jake Lipson · Post by **Jake Lipson** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:24 pm

Yay!

Just saw a TV spot during Smallville proclaiming Bambi "the #1 [selling] DVD in America."

This news is especially gratifying in light of Aladdin's apparently disappointing sales last fall. Let's hope the solid start is an indication of strong legs and helps show Disney that it pays to produce quality releases.

Will be buying mine before the wekend.

Sailor Eric · Post by **Sailor Eric** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:43 pm

I'm always more eager to get my copy when I read this type of stuff.

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:27 pm

Joe Carioca wrote:Wow, great news indeed. It sold the same number of copies "Snow White" did in the day of its release in 2001.
Since Disney is giving us the numbers, I wonder if it sold better than "Aladdin", considering Disney said nothing about that DVD's sales numbers.

I have no idea what Aladdin sold but it wasn't nearly a million copies on its release day. I was told they were "very disappointed" in sales.

Hooray for Bambi! Hooray for 2D! Hooray for Disney!

I expect Cinderella to topple all.

-Aaron

orestes. · Post by **orestes.** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:29 pm

This is good news and I do hope Cinderella even does better even if I'm not nearly as interested in getting it.

I still haven't got Bambi. I was feeling crappy yesterday and today I was so miserable to do anything. Now tomorrow we are going to have tons of snow. I might just pick it up next Tuesday at Futureshop.

toonstuff · Post by **toonstuff** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:02 pm

Jayden wrote:Maybe we can convince Disney yet that the 2d market is not dead and that we want QUALITY animated theatrical releases again.

I agree. It makes me want to get five copies of Lady and the Tramp and Cinderella to give out as gifts, just to help drive up the numbers!

RJKD23 · Post by **RJKD23** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:59 pm

orestes. wrote:I still haven't got Bambi. I was feeling crappy yesterday and today I was so miserable to do anything. Now tomorrow we are going to have tons of snow. I might just pick it up next Tuesday at Futureshop.

wow, orestes. i hope you feel better soon so you can get the Bambi DVD!

MickeyMousePal · Post by **MickeyMousePal** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:12 am

At least some people love the Platinum Edition of "Bambi" and didn't buy SpongeBob SquarePants The Movie.
Yay, Bambi knock down SpongeBob!!!!

Christian · Post by **Christian** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:04 am

I wonder why Aladdin didn't sell well.

Mushu2083 · Post by **Mushu2083** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:26 am

That's cool! I guess people really do like 2D animation after all. When I bought my copy of Bambi there were like four or five other people in line in front of me waiting to pay and they all had copies of Bambi. I went back yesterday to Wal-Mart to get Spongebob Squarepants the movie for a friend and I noticed that Bambi was all gone.

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